Applications for First-Year PREP Program Participants Due Feb. 5

Applications for first-year participants of Texas A&M
International University's Texas Prefreshmen Engineering
Program (TexPREP) are due Friday, February 5.

Now in its 14th year, TexPREP is a free eight-week
summer program that provides high-ability middle and
high school students with exposure to University-level
mathematics, engineering and science studies.

Students in grades 7th - 10th in Jim Hogg, Webb, and
Zapata counties are invited to apply for admission
to the free program. TexPREP is open to both male
and female applicants of any race or national origin.

Applications for first-year participants are available
from the Office of the Dean of the University's College
of Science and Technology, located in Canseco Hall
room 301, and from middle and high school counselors
and math and science instructors.

To be considered for the program, first-year participants
must submit a completed application, a supplemental
information form, a 100 - 200 word essay which explains
the student's desire to participate in the program,
two nomination forms or letters of recommendation from
mathematics or science teachers, latest official school
transcript and grade report, and a grade point average
computation provided by the applicant's school counselor.

The summer program is scheduled to operate at the University's
main campus weekdays, Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 3:30
p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. - 12 noon, from June 7 to July
30. Courses include Logic, Introduction to Engineering,
Introduction to Computer Science, Topics in Problem
Solving, Research and Study, and Career Opportunities
Awareness.

The program is free, with lunch provided, however participants
must provide their own school supplies such as notebooks,
paper, pencils, and computer diskettes. Participants
may also need to provide some field trip expenses,
if any are scheduled.

The University's TexPREP Program is under the director
of Dr. Julio F. Madrigal, Chair of the Department of
Psychology/Sociology.

For more information on the University's TexPREP Program,
please contact Dr. Madrigal at 326-2475 or call the
University's College of Science and Technology at 326-2441.

University office hours are from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday
- Friday.

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